Well-being
My easel is my altar*
Ritual is embedded into my artistic practice. As a child, I would watch my great-grandmother begin here mornings by mediating, with the elements of water, scent, fire and sound at a small altar. Her rituals were Buddhist, I was raised in a differnet faith. Yet as an artist, our rituals are almost identical. The easel is my *metaphorical altar.
Spotlight
July 2024: I had the pleasure of collaborating on two pieces of art that were show cased at the Rockhampton Museum of Art (RMOA) from July 6th to July 13th. These were created by a team of seven artists including me, using materials provided by the led artist M.Gilbert through her UnitePlayPerform programme, a well-being universe.
March 2022: I led a workshop an artists' peer group run by Arts Health Hub at London's Southbank Centre. Here we discussed different techniques that have helped improve the well-being of artistic practice. Many factors contribute to unhealthy workplace, including lack of funds/space/support, toxic chemicals, poor ergonomics, frustrations within the creative process, artistic envy (including social media), Covid restrictions, etc. As an artist and a drawing and painting lecturer*, I shared some of the techniques the I used both with my learners and myself. The session included a practical exercise before opening the floor to a group discussion.*At the time I worked for N. Hertfordshire College as a Drawing and Painting Lecturer out of the Hitchin Campus. I would later become a facilator for the London Arts & Health Hub's artists' peer groups.
Arts and Health Hub – Former co-facilitator of artists' peer group meetings.